Are we there yet?

We leave for CT on Thursday. Mentally I'm pretty much there already. I'm ready to see family and smell the difference in the air. CT is John's Best Pizza with meatballs, and maybe some Italian ice. It's Nanie and Silvermine, and Above All, where the corn's probably just starting to sprout. It's seeing my surrogate parents, Marnie and Bill, who helped us out so much 25 years ago when Dad had his aortic dissection. And it'll be placing my dad with his dad and brother. May the road rise up to meet you, Papa...